JoBeth Williams

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The product of a musical family, Margaret JoBeth Williams was born in Houston, Texas, to Frances Faye (Adams), a dietitian, and Fredric Roger Williams, a wire/cable company manager and opera singer. Her father encouraged her early interest in theater during high school. She made her professional debut at age 18 in a Houston-based musical production, then studied at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, with the intentions of becoming a child psychologist. The acting bug hit her again, however, and she decided to pursue theater after receiving her B.A. in English in 1970. Working intensely to lose her Texas twang, her early training came as a member of the Trinity Repertory Company, where she stayed for two-and-a-half years.In New York the lovely Jobeth became a daytime regular in the mid-1970s on both Somerset (1970) and in a vixenish role on Haine et passion (1952) before making a brief but memorable impact in a highly popular film at the end of the decade. In the Dustin Hoffman starring film Kramer contre Kramer (1979), Jobeth plays Hoffman's gorgeous sleepover who gets caught stark naked by his young, precocious son (Justin Henry) the following morning. She also impressed on the stage with major roles in "Moonchildren" and "A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking."Her star maker would could in the form of the strong-willed mother of three who fights to save her brood from home-invading demons in Steven Spielberg's humongous critical and box-office hit Poltergeist (1982), which also made a major star out of movie husband Craig T. Nelson. Officially in the big leagues now, she joined the star ensemble cast of Les copains d'abord (1983), and appeared opposite Nick Nolte in Ras les profs! (1984). Disappointing outcomes in the lackluster sequel Poltergeist II (1986) and the intriguing but overlooked American Dreamer (1984) prodded her to search for more challenging work on TV.It is the small screen, in fact, that has particularly shown off the range of Jobeth's talent over the years, particularly in domestic drama. Cast in some of the finest TV-movies served up, Jobeth won deserved Emmy nominations for her real-life mother of an ill-fated missing child in Adam (1983) and real-life surrogate mother in L'instinct d'une mère (1988). Other monumental mini-movie efforts include her nurse in the apocalyptic drama Le jour d'après (1983); her magnetic performance opposite Terry Kinney as an adulterous worshiper and minister who carry out plans to kill their respective spouses in the gripping suspense show Murder Ordained (1987); alcoholic James Woods' long-suffering wife in My Name Is Bill W. (1989); a social worker trying to reach a deaf girl in Le silence de Laura (1996); and the overbearing mother whose son turns to drugs in Trapped in a Purple Haze (2000). She continues to balance both film and TV projects into the millennium.Behind the scenes she was nominated for an Academy Award for her directorial debut of Showtime's On Hope (1994)and continues to seek out other directing projects. It doesn't hurt being married to a director for encouragement. She and John Pasquin, who directed her in the film Un Indien à New York (1997) and on the short-lived TV series Payne (1999), have two children. More recent film roles include playing Drew Barrymore's mom in Terrain d'entente (2005). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh / gr-home@pacbell.net

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Streaming Availability

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Releases by Year

JoBeth Williams on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1974 to 2020. See the full graphs of the number of JoBeth Williams movies released per year from 2000 till 2020.

Top Genres

JoBeth Williams works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 38% of JoBeth Williams movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that JoBeth Williams worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that JoBeth Williams has worked on is 6.2.

6.2 / 10

JoBeth Williams's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Horror,Thriller
Poltergeist (1982)

A family's home is haunted by a host of demonic ghosts.

7.3/10114 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

This film reconstructs the true story of stockbroker William Griffith Wilson, a World War I veteran whose small drinking problem becomes a serious addiction after he loses his fortune in ...

7.2/10100 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Follows the true story of John and Reve Walsh who, after their child was murdered, fought to raise national awareness of the problem of missing children.

7/10100 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

The effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.

7/10127 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Laura is a 20 year old deaf girl who has never been taught sign language. She is rescued from neglect and physical abuse by Pam, a social worker. Pam teaches her how to communicate and uncovers Laura's true personality.

6.9/1093 min

Available in 3 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime
Stir Crazy (1980)

Set up and wrongfully accused, two best friends will be sent to prison for a crime they didn't commit. However, no prison cell could keep them locked in.

6.7/10111 min

Available in 14 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime,Romance
American Dreamer (1984)

Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan, a dashing international spy, and wins a trip to Paris. While there, she is involved in an accident, and ...

6.5/10105 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Animation,Drama,Family
In My Dreams (2014)

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.

6.3/1094 min

Available in 11 platform(s).